The Official Masters of Cinema Blu-ray Thread
06-14-12, 12:47 AM
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I'm sorely tempted to pick up Lifeboat, Cleopatra, Double Indemnity but those would be double, triple, double dips on movies I've just screened recently and only watch every couple of years. They are so cool looking, though.
06-25-12, 01:10 PM
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Finalized extras on Rumble Fish:
New HD transfer of the film officially licensed from Universal and presented in 1080p in its original aspect ratio
Original stereo and 5.1 surround soundtracks, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio
Music and effects track
Audio commentary by Francis Ford Coppola
On Location in Tulsa, a video piece featuring new and vintage interviews and behind-the-scenes footage
The Percussion-Based Score, a video piece on the film's soundtrack
Six deleted scenes
Original theatrical trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired on the feature
PLUS: A lavish booklet featuring the words of Francis Ford Coppola, rare archival imagery, and more
Original stereo and 5.1 surround soundtracks, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio
Music and effects track
Audio commentary by Francis Ford Coppola
On Location in Tulsa, a video piece featuring new and vintage interviews and behind-the-scenes footage
The Percussion-Based Score, a video piece on the film's soundtrack
Six deleted scenes
Original theatrical trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired on the feature
PLUS: A lavish booklet featuring the words of Francis Ford Coppola, rare archival imagery, and more
06-26-12, 12:10 AM
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07-02-12, 12:31 AM
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The Lost Weekend BD is great! The Billy Wilder interview is 3 hours long. I already had some of it as part of Kino's Billy Wilder Speaks dvd but this is more complete. I haven't had time to watch Double Indemnity yet.
07-05-12, 08:17 PM
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Specs for Ro.Go.Pa.G. --
Gorgeous new HD restoration of the film in its original aspect ratio, in 1080p on the Blu-ray
Newly translated optional English subtitles
Original Italian theatrical trailer
56-page booklet featuring new essays by Tag Gallagher, Arthur Mas, Martial Pisani, and Pasquale Iannone; a new translation by Tag Gallagher of excerpts from an oral history about the film; and rare archival imagery
Newly translated optional English subtitles
Original Italian theatrical trailer
56-page booklet featuring new essays by Tag Gallagher, Arthur Mas, Martial Pisani, and Pasquale Iannone; a new translation by Tag Gallagher of excerpts from an oral history about the film; and rare archival imagery
07-16-12, 09:18 AM
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07-16-12, 02:38 PM
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I'm definitely in for Die Nibelungen (finally!), Floating Weeds (although I was hoping for a double-feature disc from BFI) and Passion of Joan of Arc (I'm hoping for different extras than the Criterion DVD), and will likely pick up Park Row once it's included in a Eureka sale.
07-16-12, 07:15 PM
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Apparently, "End Of Summer" and "Floating Weeds" are the 2 films BFI didn't get the rights for. They got the entire Ozu catalog of films made at Shochiku. "End of Summer" was at Toho, "Floating Weeds" at Daiei.
But who knows? Eureka and BFI seem to be good friends, maybe they can help each other out....
But who knows? Eureka and BFI seem to be good friends, maybe they can help each other out....
07-16-12, 07:18 PM
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Re: The Official Masters of Cinema Blu-ray Thread
Die Nibelungen is a truly epic film (or films), and it's going to be great to finally be able to get a good quality edition.
I'm also sure that the excellent Gate of Hell will be a huge improvement over the old VHS copy I checked out from my library a few months ago.
Also glad I didn't pick up the MoD Park Row.
I'm also sure that the excellent Gate of Hell will be a huge improvement over the old VHS copy I checked out from my library a few months ago.
Also glad I didn't pick up the MoD Park Row.
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07-16-12, 09:34 PM
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Extras on Die Nibelungen:
I was hoping for more in the way of extras, but at least it's finally being released.
• Long-awaited HD restoration of the film by Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, with its original frame-rates and in its original aspect-ratio, in 1080p on the Blu-ray
• Newly translated optional English subtitles for the original German intertitles
• New one-hour documentary on the restoration of the film
• Lavish 56-page booklet with new and vintage writing, rare archival stills, and more!
• Newly translated optional English subtitles for the original German intertitles
• New one-hour documentary on the restoration of the film
• Lavish 56-page booklet with new and vintage writing, rare archival stills, and more!
07-17-12, 08:37 AM
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On the Criterion Forum, Nick (formerly of MoC) stated that no HD master exists for Park Row, and on Facebook Eureka mentioned that the HD master for Trouble in Paradise wasn't a significant enough upgrade to justify the production cost of a Blu-ray. Any time they release a title DVD-only, it's likely for one of those two reasons.
08-17-12, 01:44 PM
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09-18-12, 10:56 PM
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DVD Beaver put the blu-ray comparison of Cleopatra up. Looks almost identical. Granted there are some improvements, but it's very marginal. I know the film is old, but some of the silent films that have been given the blu-ray treatment look spectacular. This one is disappointing, I lost interest in upgrading after seeing them.
09-24-12, 04:36 PM
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Does Eureka! have a direct sales website? I couldn't find it on their homepage. Did they ever, or am I under a false impression?
09-24-12, 04:43 PM
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09-24-12, 06:01 PM
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I've got 'Lifeboat' coming. My most recent Masters of Cinema title was 'Repo Man' - such an amazing package. It was the limited edition tin, too.
10-08-12, 08:26 PM
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Did you buy it from Eureka directly? I tried 5 times to buy it this weekend via Paypal and the order would not go through. I was able to buy 2 other items via a different order buy could not get Passion.
10-08-12, 09:12 PM
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Yeah, I bought the steelbook with the Cleopatra steelbook. Just bought it a few months ago via paypal.